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Robert Garside is credited by Guinness World Records as the first person to run around the world from 20 October 1997 to 13 June 2003, taking 2,062 days to cover 30,000 mi (48,000 km) across 29 countries and 6 continents. [82] On 1 August 1999, Polly Letofsky left her home in Colorado on a five-year journey spanning four continents and 22 ...
Ferdinand Magellan[a] (c. 1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese [3] explorer best known for having planned and led the 1519–22 Spanish expedition to the East Indies, which achieved the first circumnavigation of Earth in history. During this expedition, he also discovered the Strait of Magellan, allowing his fleet to pass from the Atlantic ...
He was among the first to complete west–east circumnavigation in high latitudes. For the wealthy, long voyages around the world, such as was done by Ulysses S. Grant, became possible in the 19th century, and the two World Wars moved vast numbers of troops around the planet. However, it was the rise of commercial aviation in the late 20th ...
If he succeeded in returning to his home before July 1522, he would have been the first person to circumnavigate the world and return to his starting point. [11] [12] [13] According to Maximilianus Transylvanus and Antonio Pigafetta documents, Elcano and his sailors were the first to circumnavigate the globe. Enrique is only documented to have ...
Erden Eruç (Turkish pronunciation: [eɾˈden eˈɾutʃ] ⓘ; born 14 July 1961) is a Turkish-American adventurer who became the first person in history to complete an entirely solo and entirely human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth on 21 July 2012 in Bodega Bay, California, United States. [11] The journey had started from Bodega Bay a ...
The first aerial circumnavigation of the world was completed in 1924 by four aviators from an eight-man team of the United States Army Air Service, the precursor of the United States Air Force. The 175-day journey from April to September covered over 26,345 miles (42,398 km). [1] The team generally traveled east to west, around the northern ...
Around the world sailing record. IDEC 3, current outright record holder at 40 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds. The first around the world sailing record for circumnavigation of the world can be attributed to the surviving crew of Ferdinand Magellan 's expedition, including the last captain Juan Sebastián Elcano who completed their ...
9,876 kg (9.720 long tons; 10.886 short tons) Length. 9.8 m (32 ft) Sail area. 61.8 m 2 (665 sq ft) Suhaili is the name of the 32-foot (9.8 m) Bermudan ketch sailed by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston in the first non-stop solo circumnavigation of the world in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race. [1]